Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-20
THE LENrEN SEASON.
Its Observance in the Churches
The Services.

The Services.
The season OF social gayety has very
little longer to last. To-day is the last
Sunday before Lent. Ash Wednesday,
and the solemn Lepten time is close by.
The Guards ball, In honor Of Gov. Cor
don on Tuesday night, will be the closing
event Of the season, and even that will
be likely to trespass upon Lent.
To-day the services in most OF the
churches will touch upon the observance
OF the great fast. In the Roman Catholic
and Episcopal churches the Lenten season
is the most solemn season OF the year.
At Christ Church there will be services
on Ash Wednesday at IL a. IN. and, 430
p. m. At st. Johns the hours of SER
vice on Ash Wednesday will be the same
as at Christ Church, and every day during
Lent there will be services at a. m, and
on Wednesdays and Fridays at 1870 p. IN.
At st. Stephens Church (colored)
the opening services OF Lent Will
be at $50 O'clock Wednesday morn
ing. Evening prayer will be said
at s O'Clock, when the rector will preach.
On Sundays the hours of service will be
/ a. m. and 1880 p. m. Morning prayer
will be said daily at a. m, with the
Ltany on Wednesdays ana Fridays.
Evening prayers will be said on Wednes-
DAYS and Fridays at s O'Clock. During
Holy Week there will be morning service
daily, Friday excepted, at O'Clock. On
Good Friday there will be morning
prayer, Lltany and sermon at 10:45, a
three hours service, from noon until D.
m, and evening prayer at 3 o'clock. We'd
nesday and Thursday there will be even
ing prayer at s O'Clock, and on Saturday
evening prayer and baptism of infants at
1880 o'clock.
Holy Communion: AnnunciatiOn of the
Blessed Virgin Mary at a. M, Sundays,
March 6, and April 8, noon. rhe other
Sundays, 7:30 a. IN. Maunday Thursday,
April 7, s p. m. The Bishop of the do
cese will visit the parish for confrma-
ton Sunday afternoon, March %.
At the Cathedral the Ienten season Will
be ushered in with mass at and 7
O'Clock and vespers at 1880 O'Clock. The
extra services during Lent will be on
Wednesday and Friday evenings. To-
day the general regulations promulgated
by the Bishop for the observance of Lent
will be read throughout the diocese. They
are:
!. All the faithful who have completed their
2lst year are, unless legitimately dispensed,
bound to observe the fast of Lent.
2. They are to make only one meal day,
excepting sundays.
3. The meal allowed on fast days Is not to
be taken till about noon.
4, Flesh meat and FISH are not to be used at
the same meal during Lent,
D. A small refreshment, commonly called
collation., Is allowed in the evening, not to eX-
coed the fourth part of an ordinary meal.
6. AT the collation. it Is permitted to use
bread, all kinds of fruits, salads and vegeta-
bles. The use of butter, cheese milk ana eggs
Is also tolerated by virtue of long established
custom.
Z. General usage has made it lawful to take
In the morning some warm liquid, as tea,
coffee, or thin chocolate made with water,
and mouthful of bread.
5. Necessity and custom have authorized
the use of hogs lard instead of butter in pre-
pairing permitted food.
.. The following persons are exempted
from the obligation of fasting: Persons un-
der 81 years of age, the sick, nursing women,
those who are Obliged to do hard labor all
VINO through weakness cannot fast without
great prejudice to their health.
10. By the dispensation, the use of flesh
meat Will be allowed at all meals on Sundays,
and once day on Mondays, Tuesdays, thurs
days and Saturdays, with the exception of
Holy Thursday and the second and last Sat-
urdays of Lent.
IL. Persons dispensed from the obligation of
fasting, on account Of tender or advanced age,
hard labor, or ill health are free to take meat
more than once on those days when its use is
granted by dispensation.
IL. The faithful are reminded that besides
the obligation OF fasting imposed by the
church, this holy season OF Lent should be in
an especial manner a time OF earnest prayer,
of sorrow for sin, OF seclusiOn from the world
and Its amusements, and of generous aims
giving.
ID. The Paschal time extends from the first
Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sunday, during
which time all Catholics who have attained
the use of reason are bound to prepare them
selves to receive worthily the Holy Commu-
Mon. The holy season of Lent is proper time,
also, for children to go to their first confes-
sien, which they ought to do generally when
about7 years OF age. Parents should see to